Nutter, Ramsey announce changes to police department
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Nutter, Ramsey announce changes to police department
Jan Ransom
Mayor Nutter and police Commissioner Charles Ramsey announced Friday a total of 36 command changes in the police department that officials say will help the department become more efficient and flexible.
The announcement comes as at least four deputy commissioners who are enrolled in the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) are set to retire soon.
Of the changes Ramsey said five of the city’s six detective divisions will get new inspectors and seven police districts will get new captains. Ramsey also consolidated some units.
Ramsey also announced a new head of the Internal Affairs Department (IAD)–Deputy Denise Turpin, a 31-year veteran who has worked two years as a staff inspector for IAD.
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David Gambacorta spent a small eternity writing about cops, drug dealers and serial killers. Now he’s writing about power and politics – which sometimes reminds him of the old crime beat. He joined the Daily News in 2005. And yes, he knows you’re not quite sure how to pronounce his last name. E-mail tips to gambacd@phillynews.com
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Jan Ransom, a native New Yorker, joined the Daily News in 2010 after graduating from Howard University. She has since written about the difficulty of filing police complaints, tax deadbeats and life after violent home invasions. She joined the Daily News City Hall Bureau in 2011 and has plunged headfirst into reporting on administration budget battles and City Council shenanigans. E-mail tips to ransomj@phillynews.com
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Sean Collins Walsh is from Bucks County and went to Northwestern University. He joined the Daily News copy desk in 2012 and now covers the Nutter administration. Before that, he interned at papers including The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News and The Seattle Times. E-mail tips to walshSE@phillynews.com
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